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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kate Connolly in Berlin

Dutch cargo bike firm Babboe ordered to halt sales amid safety concerns

A Babboe cargo bike
Babboe sells to about 30 countries around the world, including France, Germany and the UK. Photograph: Martin Schutt/dpa

Dutch authorities have ordered a leading European manufacturer of cargo bikes to suspend sales and recall thousands of its products amid safety concerns over frame breakages.

The Dutch regulator for food and consumer product safety (NVWA) called a temporary halt to trading by Babboe, which makes family cargo bikes seen daily on school runs from Berlin to Bristol, “because their safety cannot be sufficiently guaranteed”.

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